November 2008 — was the 11th month of the leap year. It began on a Saturday and ended 30 days later on a Sunday. Portal:Current Events This is an archived version of Wikipedia s Current events Portal from November 2008 … Wikipedia

abstention — ab·sten·tion /əb sten chən/ n: the staying of the exercise of federal jurisdiction in a case that involves a question of state law or policy which the federal court prefers to have resolved by a state court or agency Bur·ford abstention / bər… … Law dictionary